My current Faves

In no particular order my current faves are:
Well groomed schnauzer puppies named Ruby who poop and tee-tee outside thank you very much

Daphne calling me a stupid bobblehead after she got in trouble for brawling (sometimes u just gotta laugh at horrible sass mouthin' girls)

The little boy I watch, Kai who tells me every morning how cute Violet is, and calls her bayba ( like the Justin Beiber song) and last week when he asked to hold her and I asked him if she was cute he replied, she is Hot! 3yr olds are definitely not allowed to call my bayba Hot!

Morgan calling Golden the hairiest dad ever. He told us that he told a kid at school that his dad was really a bear hahahaha soooo true just check out Golds legs next time you're around.


Tristan in his boy scout uniform soooo cute( pics to come I promise)

Golden randomly bringing me home a love owl via Ross on his lunch break.( it was like 3 weeks ago but it still makes me smile every time I see it.

Reading and then watching The Help with Best Pal Randi last Saturday. She rocks, for many many reasons, but especially cause she is willing to bring my two lovelies, Daph and poopy Vy along for girls night, and she never got annoyed once!.....I think:)


Finally finishing my associates degree in Communications 9 years after I began!!!!!! Now onto my Bachelors....after I take a much needed sabbatical hopefully not 6 years like last time.


Day one of Morgan not screaming and clawing when I drop him off at his new school. Hopefully this starts a trend.

Hanging with our peeps Mallory,Tay, and Gramma Sheila Monday night for FHE. Love spending time with those guys!


Black Bear Diner Tuesday nights.We are a little obsessed, they have free kids meals no limits. That means if you have 2 adults and 8 kids ...or half of that, they all eat free!!! Plus their food is super yummy and homecookedish as well as super cheap!Last night our bill went from $57 to $35 with tip!


Sleeping in 1/2 hour this morning after staying up late watching Teen Mom.(shhh don't tell)


With all of this to smile about who could be grumpy... not this girl!

I lub poopies, play bolleyball.......

Anyone who knows my hubby well knows that he is low maintenance and asks for very few things....at all....ever. Example: in the last 8 yrs we have been married he has owned literally one pair of jeans at a time! He wears the same pair day in and day out , when we were first married I would fight him on the matter and even purchased a second and third pair gasp, but they were never worn. Anyway I digress, he has lately been bothering me about getting a dog. This topic comes up about every few years and Golden either impulsively brings home some poor mutt who will sadly end up elsewhere/my MIL's, or we pay actual $ for a dog that ends up on Craigslist mere months later (I am not a horrible dog hating person and this has only happened a few times.... and mostly for good reasons, like my carpet/sanity!). I finally decided that we were cat people why? I'll tell ya why, they clean themselves, are not loud, do their own thing and put up with the little people around here who like to poke fingers into perfectly good eyes.Last tangent I promise, I have a really funny cat story. Fi-Fi/ rotten princess enjoys herself a good howl anytime she hears the word No. Well one time she was howling on the floor like she just saw her favorite doll dismembered, she was soo loud and I guess our cat Al just got sick of it so he ran up to her quick as lightning and B-slapped her so she would shut up. He didn't scratch her he just pawed at her face. She was shocked and looked at me stunned before I busted up laughing and she joined in, all I can say is Hey it worked, she stopped crying! Back to the dog sitch, Well since we have moved into a place with a yard and a doggy door Gold cannot help himself, all he can think about is that perfectly good doggy door going to waste. So slowly he has worn me down and my definitive "N. O.'s" have turned into "well maybies". He finally convinced me when he came up with a scheme that makes a dog almost seem useful. He wants to breed dogs on the side. He has even held off from just buying the first little fuzzy thing with four legs and we have done research on what type of dogs are good with kids, easy to potty train, are not hyper and make cute puppies with a Yorkie. After much deliberation we have decided on a miniature Schnauzer.That is her in the pic, she will be so cute once we get her groomed up proper like. I am actually really excited we get her tomorrow.We are now just thinking up names. Would it be tacky to name her a name I wanted for Violet but was too chicken? P.s. Any ideas? Pass them my way! On another side note, this may sound weird but I think having puppies around the house will really fill the void of not having more babies.Grrr Violet, don't you know you were supposed to stay a baby for much much longer!

Happy Bday boooy!

I have about 10 seconds before my hot date with the MR. But I wanted to just wish my honey a Happy Happy 32nd Birthday! I am so grateful that he was born and for the parents who reared him to be the amazing dad and husband he is today....and almost every other day! ( p.s. this is the first pic I take on every phone/camera I get lol :)

My baby is Not such a baby anymore :(

Last Thursday Violetty disobeyed my orders and went ahead and turned one anyway the little twirp. Since she is the fourth child she is a little less loved so instead of an elaborate birthday bash we just had a small party with our nearest and dearest to celebrate. I did however bake her a cake! I made a violet crown and a small Belle cake just for her. We ordered Venezia's pizza and opened presents. I have to say she was adorable with all of her gifts. She just kept laughing and dancing. It was like she knew that the toys were for her and she was really excited about them. She would walk up to everyone, hand them her toys and giggle. Now if you will, indulge a mother and appreciate the excessive volume of Violet pictures I am about to bombard you with.

hurray for presents!!!

What? for me?

Dancing to the music.

She loves it!

Squish face

Gimme gimme!

Love dat babyeee

Tippies

First a purse now a cell phone she is growing up too fast!

where you at?

she was showing everyone her new toy

giggle giggle

wiggle wiggle

she wasn't quite sure about the cake.

yummy frosting

her hair was much messier than her face by the end of cake.

I am so incredibly grateful for this baby girl and I can't help but reflect about the day she was born and how very near we were to not enjoying that sweet little face everyday. I cannot imagine what my life would be like if I couldn't kiss those chubby cheeks, hear that shrill little giggle, and watch this beautiful baby grow up! I can't wait to see the woman she grows up to be!......Ok maybe I can!

Tristan's Baptism!!!!

Last Saturday Tristan became an official member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are so proud of him and it was really fun to celebrate with friends and family , thanks to everyone who came to support our boy! Also a special thanks to Grandpa Johnson, Grandpa Eyestone and Grandma Gayle for making a special trip out to the scorching heat of Arizona to be a part of this important day. Tristan was so cute in his little suit and in the end all of the hard work was worth the effort. Tristan had a very special day and we had a great time chillin' with our peeps. After the baptism we all came back to our house for sandwiches, potato salad, pasta salad, coleslaw, fruit, veggies, cupcakes, and Randi's delish chocolate chip cheesecake bars which were the hit of the party!(I have the recipe and will ask if I can share it here, trust me you NEED it!) Thanks to everyone who helped with the food. Anywayz I will leave you to enjoy the very few photos I remembered to take. Happy Monday.

These were the CTR cupcakes I made.

marshmallow creme frosting Yum!

This was the food table pre-lunch style

These were the crafts I did for the occasion the banner says GR82B8 !

We had a great turn out thanks to the Nielsen's, Eyestone's, Johnson's, Bingham's, Gates', Fires', DeGroff's, Ray's, and Morriss' who came out!

Our little family and my handsome 8 yr old boy!